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The third stanza from “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” differs from the first two stanzas because it _____. emphasizes the sadness of saying farewell shares the personal thoughts of the speaker explains that people usually have limited vision describes the emotional effect of feeling confused

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Answer: The right answer is the A) It emphasizes the sadness of saying farewell.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little bit on the answer, it can be added that the words in this poem should not be interpreted literally—darkness, for the speaker, is not a lack of light, but a lack of a human presence—, so option C should be discarded. Option B is not accurate, either, since the reference to the brain does not mean that she is sharing her personal thoughts. After having explained, in the two first stanzas, that it takes time to get used to the idea that a neighbor is about to say goodbye, but eventually one does it, in the third stanza the speaker emphasizes the emptiness and the sadness that one feels afterwards. The mind is in the dark for long days and nights, and nothing sparks within it.

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Answer:

Emphasizes the sadness of saying farewell

Step-by-step explanation:

In the third Stanza Emily Dickinson emphasizes the darkness of a night with no moon and no stars, the darkness being her metaphor for the feeling of loss.

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